UID:
edoccha_9958261231702883
Format:
1 online resource
ISBN:
0-8101-3197-8
Content:
Will the future be one of economic expansion, greater tolerance, liberating inventions, and longer, happier lives? Or do we face stagnation, declining quality of life, and a technoÂlogically enhanced totalitarianism worse than any yet seen? The Fabulous Future? draws its inspiÂration from a more optimistic time, and tome, The Fabulous FuÂture: America in 1980, in which Fortune magazine celebrated its anniversary by publishing the predictions of thought leaders of its time. In the present volume, the world’s leading specialists project developments in their areas of expertise, from religion and the media to the environment and nanotechnology. Will we be happier, and what does happiness have to do with our economic future? Where is higher education heading and how should it develop? And what is the future of prediction itself? These exciting essays provoke sharper questions, reflect unexpectedly on one another, and testify to our present anxieties about the surprising world to come.
Note:
Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
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Introduction: The future of prediction /
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Organization of the volume and list of contributors --
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The future of economic growth : slowing to a crawl /
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Longer and healthier lives? /
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A happier world? /
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The world in 2040 /
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The future of American religion /
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Freedom's future /
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Especially of the future /
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The era of answers /
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Bridging the gap between knowing and doing : the new environmental governance /
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The future of higher education in the United States (and the world) /
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Media of the future /
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The future of fearmongering /
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Conclusion: The world to be /
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-8101-3196-X
Language:
English
Keywords:
Electronic books.
